The Routledge Handbook of Metaphysical Grounding

ISBN-13: 9781032237183 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 548 str.

Michael Raven

Opis

This Handbook surveys the state of the art on ground as well as its connections and applications to other topics. The central issues of ground are discussed in 37 chapters, all written exclusively for this volume by a wide range of leading experts.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Ancient  2. Aristotelian Demonstration  3. Medieval and Modern  4. Principle of Sufficient Reason  5. Bolzano  6. Austro-German Phenomenologists  7. Dependence  8. Explanation  9. Meta-ground  10. Necessity  11. Skeptical Doubts  12. Anti-skeptical Rejoinders  13. Varieties  14. Logics  15. Granularity  16. Infinite Descent  17. Strict Partial Order  18. Puzzles  19. Analyticity  20. Cause  21. Emergence  22. Essence  23. Fundamentality  24. Modality  25. Ontology  26. Realism  27. Structure  28. Truthmaking  29. Identity  30. Laws of Metaphysics  31. Laws of Nature  32. Logic  33. Mind  34. Normativity  35. Physicalism  36. Semantics  37. Social Entities

O autorze

Michael J. Raven is Associate Professor of philosophy at the University of Victoria and Affiliate Associate Professor of philosophy at the University of Washington, Co-Chief Editor of Metaphysics , and a founding member of the Canadian Metaphysics Collaborative. His research focuses on metaphysics, philosophy of language and mind, and epistemology.